OVERSIGHT TEAM CREATED TO
MONITOR SBC's COMPLIANCE WITH MERGER CONDITONSASD 99-49

Released: November 8, 1999

The Commission staff has established a team composed of members of the Common
Carrier Bureau and the Enforcement Bureau to monitor SBC Communications Inc.'s
(SBC) compliance with the conditions associated with its recent merger with
Ameritech. The purpose of this team is primarily three-fold. First, the team
will actively monitor SBC's compliance with the merger conditions and ensure
that SBC is executing the conditions consistently with the Commission's stated
intent. Second, the team will serve as a point of contact for state
commissions, competitors, and other interested parties to report any perceived
instances of possible noncompliance. This informal process will enable the
Commission to assist parties in quickly resolving disputes concerning SBC's
compliance with the merger conditions. Third, the team will recommend
appropriate enforcement action for any noncompliance by SBC with the
conditions.

On October 8, 1999 the Commission issued an order granting the SBC/Ameritech
merger subject to 30 conditions. These conditions were designed to accomplish
five public interest goals: promote equitable and efficient advanced services
deployment; ensure open local markets; foster significant out-of-region
competition for the first time by a Bell Operating Company; improve residential
phone service; and ensure compliance with the enforcement of the conditions. A
timeline showing the dates for implementation of the conditions is attached to
assist in tracking progress under the Merger Conditions.[1] The timeline, and additional information
related to oversight of the Merger Conditions, is available on the Internet at
http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/mcot/.

The team leaders of the merger oversight team are Anthony Dale, a senior
attorney in the Accounting Safeguards Division of the Common Carrier Bureau and
Radhika Karmarkar, Assistant Chief of the Market Disputes Resolution Division,
Enforcement BureauThe team will report to the Chief of the Common
Carrier Bureau and, with respect to possible enforcement matters, to the Chief
of the Enforcement Bureau. Mr. Dale,
adale@fcc.gov,
and Radhika Karmarkar,
rkarmark@fcc.gov,
can be contacted by phone at (202) 418-2260 and (202)
418-1628, respectively. They can also be contacted by U.S. mail at the address
listed above with copies to the Chiefs of the Common Carrier and Enforcement
Bureaus.

Withdraw Ameritech's proposal for
the FCC to establish a separate transit service rate to be charged in
conjunction with shared transport (¶ 55)

Continue participation in the
Network Reliability and Interoperability Council or a successor organization,
if any (¶ 64)

First billing cycle that
begins after the Merger Closing Date

Eliminate all flat-rate monthly
charges for access to the Remote Access Facility and the Information Services
Call Center, and extra manual processing charges for access to standard,
non-electronic order processing facilities used for orders of 30 lines or less (¶ 35)

Monday, October 18, 1999

(5 business days/10 days after
the Merger Closing Date)

File tariffs necessary for the
separate Advanced Services affiliate to provide Advanced Services that were
provided by the ILEC on October 8, 1999, in Ameritech States (¶ 6)

File tariffs necessary for the
separate Advanced Services affiliate to provide Advanced Services to customers
that are providers of Internet services, in SBC States (¶ 6)

File with the Secretary of the
Commission the independent auditor's report(s) on collocation terms and
conditions and associated methods and procedures (¶ 39)

Monday, October 18, 1999
continued

Provide a written offer to amend
each CLEC's interconnection agreement to incorporate the unbundled loop
discount for carrier-to-carrier promotions (¶ 45)

Provide a written offer to amend
each CLEC's interconnection agreement to incorporate the resale discount for
carrier-to-carrier promotions (¶ 47)

Provide a written offer to amend
each CLEC's interconnection agreement to incorporate carrier-to-carrier
promotions for UNE platforms (¶ 50)

Offer to develop a method of
direct access to SBC/Ameritech's service order processing systems for
requesting CLECs (¶ 29)

Offer to develop and deploy
enhancements to the existing EBI interface for OSS that support
maintenance/repair (¶ 30)

Provide collocation consistent
with the Commission's rules (¶ 37)

Implement waiver, credit, or
refund to telecommunications carriers of 100 percent of the total nonrecurring
collocation costs for qualifying collocation projects if SBC/Ameritech misses
the collocation due date by more than 60 calendar days (¶ 41)

Offer to conduct a trial with one
or more interested, unaffiliated CLECs in each of five large cities within the
SBC/Ameritech States to identify the procedures and associated costs required
to provide CLECs with access to cabling within MDUs and multi-tenant premises,
where SBC/Ameritech controls the cables (¶ 57)

Subject to owner approval,
install and provide the new cables in a manner that will permit CLECs a single
point of interface (¶ 58)

Provide new activations of all
non-xDSL Advanced Services through separate affiliates in Ameritech States
(compliance can be met 30 days after approval of necessary tariffs, whichever
is later) (¶ 6)

Monday, November 8, 1999continued

Until SBC/Ameritech has developed
and deployed OSS options for pre-ordering and ordering xDSL and other Advanced
Services components and the EDI interface is used by the Advanced Services
affiliate for pre-ordering and ordering a substantial majority of Advanced
Services components, make available through the inclusion of appropriate terms
in interconnection agreements, a discount of 25 percent from the recurring and
nonrecurring charges that otherwise would be applicable for unbundled local
loops used to provide Advanced Services in the same relevant geographic area
(¶ 18)

Begin negotiation with interested
CLECs a uniform change management process. Twelve months after the
commencement of negotiations, develop and offer to state commissions a uniform
change management process for acceptance and approval, and implement those
aspects of the uniform change management process that are consistent with
state commission rulings, agreed-to with the CLEC participants, and feasible (¶ 32)

Designate and make available to
qualifying CLECs (for a minimum of 36 months) one or more teams of a
sufficient number of OSS experts, provided such qualifying CLECs have
contracted for OSS in their interconnection agreements and attended any
required training (¶ 36)

Begin an Offering Window period
to offer promotional discounted prices on monthly recurring charges for
unbundled local loops used in the provision of local service to residential
end user customers, ordered after October 8, 1999 (¶ 46)

Begin an Offering Window period
to offer promotional resale discounts on telecommunications services that
SBC/Ameritech provides at retail to subscribers who are not telecommunications
carriers, where such services are resold to residential end user customers and
ordered after October 8, 1999 (¶¶ 48-49)

Begin an Offering Window period
to offer promotional, end-to-end combinations of UNEs to provide CLECs with
residential POTS service and residential Basic Rate Interface ISDN service,
where such combinations are ordered after October 8, 1999 (¶¶ 51-52)

Offer to file tariff for enhanced
lifeline plan with state commission and copy to FCC (except in Ohio), with
conditions comparable to the Ohio Universal Service Assistance plan, to be
filed within 60 days of acceptance of the offer (¶ 61)

Offer, at the state commission's
option, to extend Ameritech's Universal Service Assistance Lifeline plan until
January 6, 2003, in Ohio (¶ 61)

Tuesday, November 16, 1999

(10 business days after November 1)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to implement and
provide 2 months of performance data for Performance Measurements shown on
Attachments A-2a and A-5a in SBC States except California, Nevada, and
Connecticut (¶ 24)

(First day of the first month
that begins more than 30 days after the Merger Closing Date)

Performance Measurements:
Implement and provide 2 months of performance data for performance
measurements shown on Attachments A-2b and A-5b in California and Nevada,
using the California business rules described in Attachment A-2b (¶ 24)

Tuesday, December 7, 1999

(60 days after the Merger Closing Date)

Target date for completion of
Phase 1 of the development and deployment of enhancements to existing Datagate
and EDI interfaces (¶ 15)

Notify all qualifying CLECs
certificated and who have interconnection agreements with SBC/Ameritech
operating in SBC/Ameritech States of the availability of OSS expert teams (¶ 36)

Independent auditor to submit
preliminary audit requirements, including the proposed scope of the audit and
the extent of compliance and substantive testing, to the Commission's Audit
Staff (¶ 40) (collocation audit)

Offer generic interconnection and
resale terms and conditions covering the SBC/Ameritech Service Area in all
SBC/Ameritech States (¶ 44)

Submit plan for compliance with
established conditions (¶ 65)

File a letter with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to submit a plan
for compliance with established conditions (¶ 65)

Friday, December 10, 1999

(60 days + 3 business days after
the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the target for completion of Phase
1 of the development and deployment of enhancements to existing Datagate and
EDI interfaces (¶ 15)

Wednesday, December 15, 1999

(10 business days after the first
day of the first month that begins more than 30 days after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to implement and
provide 2 months of performance data for performance measurements shown on
Attachments A-2b and A-5b in California and Nevada, using the California
business rules described in Attachment A-2b (¶ 24)

Thursday, January 6, 2000

(90 days after the Merger Closing Date)

Begin Phase 2 of the development
and deployment of enhancements to existing Datagate and EDI interfaces, if one
or more CLEC(s) has requested enhancements that are different from what is
contained in the Plan of Record. If no CLEC has requested enhancements, Phase
2 will be considered completed (¶ 15)

Provide non-discriminatory access
to loop make-up information that is available in SBC/Ameritech's records, in
response to address-specific written requests (¶ 20)

Reasonably classify all
SBC/Ameritech wire centers as either urban or rural wire centers, in
consultation with state commissions should the state commission choose to
engage in such consultation (¶ 22)

Implement and provide 2 months of
performance data for Performance Measurements 2, 4-5, 10-13, 15, and 17-19, as
shown on Attachments A-2a and A-5a, in Ameritech States (¶ 24)

Identify and discuss in one or
more CLEC forums training and procedures beneficial to qualifying CLECs
operating in the SBC/Ameritech States (¶ 36)

File on a quarterly basis,
state-by-state service quality reports in accordance with the retail service
quality reporting recommendations of the NARUC Technology Policy Subgroup, in
SBC/Ameritech States except California and Nevada (¶ 62)

Thursday, January 6, 2000continued

Continue to report ARMIS data
required by the Commission separately for each operating company, and make
service quality data based on NARUC report available on an SBC/Ameritech
website or to state commissions in SBC/Ameritech States (¶ 63)

Determine, making good-faith
efforts with the Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau and the independent
auditor, the procedures to be used in the agreed-upon procedures engagement
regarding compliance with the separate Advanced Services affiliate
requirements (¶ 67)

Tuesday, January 11, 2000

(90 days + 3 business days after
the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding completion of Phase 2 of the development and
deployment of Datagate or EDI interfaces, if no CLEC has requested
enhancements that are different from what is contained in the Plan of Record (¶ 15)

Friday, January 21, 2000

(90 days + 10 business days after
the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to implement and
provide 2 months of performance data for Performance Measurements 2, 4-5,
10-13, 15, and 17-19, as shown on Attachments A-2a and A-5a, in Ameritech
States (¶ 24)

Monday, February 7, 2000

(120 days after the Merger
Closing Date falls on Saturday, February 5)

Notify all qualifying CLECs
certificated and operating in SBC/Ameritech States of training and procedures (¶ 36)

Monday, March 6, 2000

(150 days after the Merger
Closing Date)

Implement and provide 2 months of
performance data for Performance Measurements 1, 3, 6-9, 14, 16, and 20, as
shown in Attachments A-2a and A-5a, in Ameritech States (¶ 24)

Target date for completion of
Phase 1 of the development and deployment of uniform
application-to-application interfaces and graphical user interfaces (¶ 28)

Thursday, March 9, 2000

(150 days + 3 business days after
the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the target for completion of Phase
1 of the development and deployment of uniform application-to-application
interfaces and graphical user interfaces (¶ 28)

Wednesday, March 15, 2000

File annual compliance report for
1999 (¶ 65)

Monday, March 20, 2000

(150 days + 10 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to implement and
provide 2 months of performance data for Performance Measurements 1, 3, 6-9,
14, 16, and 20, as shown in Attachments A-2a and A-5a, in Ameritech States (¶ 24)

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

(180 days after the Merger
Closing Date)

Date after which incumbent LEC
employees may only access the incumbent LEC's loop information through the
same interfaces, OSS, processes, and procedures as are made available to
unaffiliated telecommunications carriers, as described in
¶¶ 15, 19, 20, when performing joint marketing activities with
a separate Advanced Services affiliate in all states except Connecticut
(¶¶ 3, 4)

Date after which a separate
Advanced Services affiliate may not obtain network planning, engineering,
design, and assignment services for Advanced Services Equipment, as defined in
¶ 3d, on an exclusive basis from an incumbent LEC (¶ 3)

Wednesday, April 5, 2000
continued

Provide Advanced Services through
separate affiliates in SBC States for the embedded base of Advanced Services
customers that are providers of Internet services (compliance date can also be
30 days after state approval of all necessary agreements, or 30 days after
approval of any necessary tariffs, whichever is later). If such services are
determined to be jurisdictionally intrastate and state certification is
required, the obligation shall apply 30 days after state approval of any
required certification (¶ 6)

Provide Advanced Services through
separate affiliates in SBC States for the embedded base of Advanced Services
customers that are not providers of Internet services (compliance date can
also be 30 days after state approval of any necessary certification, tariffs,
or any other required state authorization; or 30 days after state approval of
all necessary agreements, whichever is later). The transition period may be
prolonged in Connecticut as a consequence of state-law restrictions (¶ 6)

Order facilities and/or services
needed to provide Advanced Services in SBC/Ameritech States through separate
affiliates utilizing the same interfaces as unaffiliated providers of Advanced
Services (¶ 6)

Provide access to the same
pre-order interface(s) utilized by SBC/Ameritech's retail operations to obtain
theoretical local loop length information, or in the alternative, utilize the
same Datagate and/or Verigate pre-order interfaces that are available to
unaffiliated telecommunications carriers, in SBC States except Connecticut (¶ 15)

File cost studies and proposed
rates for conditioning xDSL loops in each SBC/Ameritech State that has not
already started or completed cost proceedings for these services (¶ 21)

File on a quarterly basis with
the Commission, a status report of xDSL roll-out (¶ 22)

Begin trial, if requested, to
identify procedures and associated costs required to provide CLECs with access
to cabling within MDUs and MTUs, for a period not greater than 12 months, if
requested by a CLEC (¶ 57)

File on a quarterly basis,
state-by-state Service Quality reports in accordance with the retail service
quality reporting recommendations of the NARUC Technology Policy Subgroup, in
California and Nevada (¶ 62)

Wednesday, July 5, 2000

(270 days after the Merger
Closing Date falls on Tuesday, July 4)

Transfer any non-xDSL Advanced
Services provided by Ameritech on a retail or wholesale basis in the Ameritech
States prior to October 8, 1999 to a separate affiliate, in Ameritech States
(compliance date can also be 30 days after state approval of all necessary
agreements with the affiliated incumbent LEC, or 30 days after approval of any
tariffs necessary for the separate affiliate to provide such services,
whichever is later) (¶ 6)

Tuesday, August 1, 2000

(First month that starts at least
270 days after the Merger Closing Date)

Obligation to begin making
voluntary performance payments to the U.S. Treasury, in SBC and Ameritech
States except Connecticut (¶ 24)

(12 months after the Merger
Closing Date falls on Sunday, October 8; Monday, October 9 is a holiday)

Conclude transition period for
incumbent LECs to receive and process Advanced Services-related trouble
reports and perform related trouble isolation, as described in ¶ 4j,
on behalf of a separate Advanced Services affiliate on an exclusive basis
(¶¶ 3, 4)

Provide access to
non-discriminatory, electronic pre-order Internet access to theoretical loop
length based upon a zip code of end users in a wire center, at no additional
charge (¶ 20)

Implement and provide 2 months of
performance data for all Performance Measurements in Connecticut (¶ 24)

Provide availability of shared
transport in Ameritech States under terms and conditions, other than rate
structure and price, that are substantially similar to the most favorable
terms SBC/Ameritech offers to CLECs in Texas as of August 27, 1999 (¶ 56)

Install local switch for new
markets or otherwise obtain switching capability in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Provide facilities-based local
exchange service to 3 unaffiliated business and/or non-employee residential
customers in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Friday, October 13, 2000

(12 months + 3 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to install a local
switch for new markets or otherwise obtain switching capability in Boston,
Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to provide facilities-based
local exchange service to 3 unaffiliated business and/or non-employee
residential customers in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Tuesday, October 24, 2000

(12 months + 10 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to implement and
provide 2 months of performance data for all Performance Measurements in
Connecticut (¶ 24)

Meet with audit staff regarding
changes to the audit program for compliance with the separate Advanced
Services affiliate requirements (¶ 67)

Friday, December 8, 2000

(14 months after the Merger
Closing Date)

Develop and deploy enhancements
to the existing Datagate or EDI interfaces for pre-ordering xDSL and other
Advanced Services components, and enhancements to the existing EDI interface
for ordering xDSL and other Advanced Services components, in SBC/Ameritech
States except Connecticut (assuming the duration of Phase 2, the collaborative
process with CLECs, is no longer than 30 days) (¶ 15)

Thursday, February 1, 2001

(First month that starts at least
15 months after the Merger Closing Date)

Obligation to begin making
voluntary performance payments to the U.S. Treasury, in Connecticut (¶ 24)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to install local
switch for new markets or otherwise obtain switching capability in 12
additional markets (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to provide
facilities-based local exchange service to 3 unaffiliated business and/or
non-employee residential customers in 12 additional markets (¶ 59)

Wednesday, August 8, 2001

(22 months after the Merger
Closing Date)

Date after which incumbent LEC
employees may only access the incumbent LEC's loop length information through
the same pre-order OSS access as is made available to unaffiliated
telecommunications carriers, as described in ¶ 20, when performing
joint marketing activities with a separate Advanced Services affiliate in
Connecticut (¶ 3)

(24 months after the Merger
Closing Date falls on Monday, October 8, a holiday)

Develop and deploy commercially
ready, uniform application-to-application interfaces in SBC/Ameritech States
except Connecticut (assuming the duration of Phase 2, the collaborative
process with CLECs, is no longer than 30 days) (¶ 26)

Develop and deploy uniform
graphical user interfaces in SBC/Ameritech States except Connecticut (assuming
the duration of Phase 2, the collaborative process with CLECs, is no longer
than 30 days) (¶ 27)

Have collocated facilities
(physical, virtual or otherwise) in 10 wire centers in market that can be used
to offer facilities-based local services to customers served by those wire
centers in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Offer facilities-based local
exchange services to all business and residential customers served by wire
centers in market where collocated in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Offer local exchange service to
all business and residential customers that are within (i) local service area
of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service area of a Tier 1
ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA in Boston, Miami, and
Seattle (¶ 59)

Friday, October 12, 2001

(24 months + 3 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to have collocated
facilities in 10 wire centers in Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer
facilities-based local exchange services to all business and residential
customers served by wire centers in market where collocated in Boston, Miami,
and Seattle (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer local
exchange service to all business and residential customers that are within (i)
local service area of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service
area of a Tier 1 ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA in
Boston, Miami, and Seattle (¶ 59)

Meet with audit staff regarding
changes to the audit program for compliance with the separate Advanced
Services affiliate requirements (¶ 67)

Friday, March 15, 2002

File annual compliance report for
2001 (¶ 65)

Monday, April 8, 2002

(30 months after the Merger
Closing Date)

Date after which incumbent LEC
employees may only access the incumbent LEC's loop information through the
same Datagate/EDI interfaces as are made available to unaffiliated
telecommunications carriers, as described in ¶ 15, when performing
joint marketing activities with a separate Advanced Services affiliate in
Connecticut (¶ 3)

Develop and deploy enhancements
to the existing Datagate or EDI interfaces for pre-ordering xDSL and other
Advanced Services components, and enhancements to the existing EDI interface
for ordering xDSL and other Advanced Services components in Connecticut (¶ 15)

Develop and deploy commercially
ready, uniform application-to-application interfaces in Connecticut (assuming
the duration of Phase 2, the collaborative process with CLECs, is no longer
than 30 days) (¶ 26)

Develop and deploy uniform
graphical user interfaces in Connecticut (assuming the duration of Phase 2,
the collaborative process with CLECs, is no longer than 30 days) (¶ 27)

Develop with CLECs, and deploy
either (i) a software solution that shall ensure that CLEC-submitted local
service requests are consistent with SBC/Ameritech's business rules, or (ii)
uniform business rules for completing CLEC local service requests, excluding
those differences caused by state regulatory requirements and product
definitions (assuming the duration of Phase 2, the collaborative process with
CLECs, is no longer than 30 days) (¶ 31)

Install local switch for new
markets or otherwise obtain switching capability in last 15 markets
(compliance date may instead be 60 days after authorization to provide
interLATA service to 60% of access lines, whichever is later) (¶ 59)

Provide facilities-based local
exchange service to 3 unaffiliated business and/or non-employee residential
customers in last 15 markets (compliance date may instead be 60 days after
authorization to provide interLATA service to 60% of access lines, whichever
is later) (¶ 59)

Have collocated facilities
(physical, virtual or otherwise) in 10 wire centers in market that can be used
to offer facilities-based local services to customers served by those wire
centers, in 12 additional markets (¶ 59)

Offer facilities-based local
exchange services to all business and residential customers served by wire
centers in market where collocated, in 12 additional markets (¶ 59)

Offer local exchange service to
all business and residential customers that are within (i) local service area
of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service area of a Tier 1
ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA, in 12 additional
markets (¶ 59)

Thursday, April 11, 2002

(30 months + 3 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to install a local
switch for new markets or otherwise obtain switching capability in last 15
markets (filing date may instead be 60 days + 3 business days after
authorization to provide interLATA service to 60% of access lines, whichever
is later) (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to provide
facilities-based local exchange service to 3 unaffiliated business and/or
non-employee residential customers in last 15 markets (filing date may instead
be 60 days + 3 business days after authorization to provide interLATA service
to 60% of access lines, whichever is later) (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to have collocated
facilities in 10 wire centers in each of 12 additional markets (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer
facilities-based local exchange services to all business and residential
customers served by wire centers in market where collocated, in 12 additional
markets (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer local
exchange service to all business and residential customers that are within (i)
local service area of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service
area of a Tier 1 ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA, in 12
additional markets (¶ 59)

Meet with audit staff regarding
changes to the audit program for compliance with the separate Advanced
Services affiliate requirements (¶ 67)

Monday, March 17, 2003

File annual compliance report for
2002 (¶ 65)

Tuesday, April 8, 2003

(42 months after the Merger
Closing Date)

Have collocated facilities
(physical, virtual or otherwise) in 10 wire centers in market that can be used
to offer facilities-based local services to customers served by those wire
centers, in last 15 markets (compliance date may instead be 14 months after
authorization to provide interLATA service to 60% of access lines) (¶ 59)

Offer facilities-based local
exchange services to all business and residential customers served by wire
centers in market where collocated, in last 15 markets (compliance date may
instead be 14 months after authorization to provide interLATA service to 60%
of access lines) (¶ 59)

Offer local exchange service to
all business and residential customers that are within (i) local service area
of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service area of a Tier 1
ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA, in last 15 markets
(compliance date may instead be 14 months after authorization to provide
interLATA service to 60% of access lines) (¶ 59)

Friday, April 11, 2003

(42 months + 3 business days
after the Merger Closing Date)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to have collocated
facilities in 10 wire centers in each of the last 15 markets (filing date may
instead be 14 months + 3 business days after authorization to provide
interLATA service to 60% of access lines) (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer
facilities-based local exchange services to all business and residential
customers served by wire centers in market where collocated, in last 15
markets (filing date may instead be 14 months + 3 business days after
authorization to provide interLATA service to 60% of access lines) (¶ 59)

File a notice with the Secretary
of the Commission regarding satisfaction of the requirement to offer local
exchange service to all business and residential customers that are within (i)
local service area of incumbent RBOC within the PMSA or (ii) incumbent service
area of a Tier 1 ILEC serving at least 10% of access lines in the PMSA, in
last 15 markets (filing date may instead be 14 months + 3 business days after
authorization to provide interLATA service to 60% of access lines) (¶ 59)

File annual compliance report for
prior year, if SBC had obligations under the Merger Conditions in that year
(¶ 65)

September 1, 200_

File final audit report for the
prior year, if SBC had obligations under the Merger Conditions in that year.
[If necessary for a subsequent audit, meet with audit staff regarding changes
to audit program 60 days after submission of the audit.] (¶ 66)
(overall compliance audit)

File final audit report for the
prior year, if SBC had obligations under the Merger Conditions in that year
regarding compliance with the separate Advanced Services affiliate
requirements. [If necessary for a subsequent audit, meet with audit staff
regarding changes to audit program 60 days after submission of the audit.] (¶ 67)

Timing Dependent on External Factors

Date

Required Action

30 days after state approval of
all necessary agreements with the affiliated incumbent LEC

Provide Advanced Services through
a separate affiliate in SBC States for new activation of customers that are
providers of Internet services. Compliance can also be met 30 days after
approval of any necessary tariffs, whichever is later. If such services are
determined to be jurisdictionally intrastate, and state certification is
required to provide new activations of Advanced Services to customers that are
providers of Internet services, the obligation shall apply 30 days after state
approval of any certification that the state deems required (¶ 6)

Provide Advanced Services through
a separate affiliate in SBC States for new activations of Advanced Services to
customers that are not providers of Internet services. Compliance can also be
met 30 days after: state approval of any certification that the state deems
required for the separate Advanced Services affiliate, or approval of any
tariffs necessary for the separate Advanced Services affiliate, whichever is
later (¶ 6)

3 business days after state
approval of any certification that the state deems required for the separate
Advanced Services affiliate to provide Advanced Services in that state

File any tariffs necessary for
the separate Advanced Services affiliate to provide Advanced Services to
customers that are not providers of Internet services, in SBC States (¶ 6)

3 business days after obtaining
all necessary certifications, authorizations, and/or approvals to provide new
activations of an Advanced Service through a separate affiliate in a state

File tariff changes with the
Commission and/or state commission to terminate the offering of new
activations by the incumbent LEC, and cease pro-active marketing or sales of
new activations from the tariffs of the incumbent LEC (¶ 6)

180 days after electronic,
pre-order OSS access to theoretical loop length is made available in the
SBC/Ameritech Service area within California

After Wednesday, April 5, 2000,
by the time SBC/Ameritech has deployed xDSL in at least 20 urban wire centers
in a particular state

Deploy xDSL in wire centers from
the Low Income Urban Pool for at least 10 percent of the urban wire centers in
a state in which SBC/Ameritech deploys xDSL (¶ 22)

After Wednesday, April 5, 2000,
by the time SBC/Ameritech has deployed xDSL in at least 20 rural wire centers
in a particular state

Deploy xDSL in wire centers from
the Low Income Rural Pool for at least 10 percent of the rural wire centers a
state in which SBC/Ameritech deploys xDSL (¶ 22)

Within 12 months of a completed contract

Develop and deploy enhancements
to the existing EBI interface for OSS that support maintenance/repair in SWBT,
PacBell, and Nevada Bell States (¶ 30)

Within 12 months of a completed
contract (or in conjunction with the introduction of the EBI interface,
whichever is later)

Provide enhancements to the EBI
interface in Connecticut and Ameritech States (¶ 30)

36 months from a date a
qualifying unbundled local loop is installed and operational

Promotional period for unbundled
local loop discounts (promotional period may instead last through the period
during which the loop remains in service at the same location and for the same
carrier, whichever is shorter) (¶ 46)

36 months from a date a
qualifying resold service is installed and operational

Promotional period for resale
discounts (promotional period may instead last through the period during which
the resold service remains in service at the same location and for the same
carrier, whichever is shorter) (¶ 48)

36 months from the date a
promotional UNE platform is installed and operational

Promotional period for
promotional UNE platform (promotional period may instead last during the
period in which the UNE platform remains in service at the same location and
for the same carrier, whichever is shorter) (¶ 51)

First day after the Merger
Closing Date on which interLATA services provided under Section 271 in an
SBC/Ameritech State, or when local telephone exchange service provided to
residential customers in any National Local market

No minimum monthly or minimum
flat rate charge on interLATA services provided to any in-region or
out-of-region residential customer in the U.S. (except those imposed by
government entities or voluntary, optional calling plans) (¶ 60)

Footnotes:

1 The deadlines specified in the Merger
Order, and the Commission's rules for the computation of time, control the
implementation of the Merger Conditions. See Applications of Ameritech
Corp., Transferor, and SBC Communications, Inc., Transferee, For Consent to
Transfer Control of Corporations Holding Commission Licenses and Lines Pursuant
to Sections 214 and 310(d) of the Communications Act and Parts 5, 22, 24, 25,
63, 90, 95, and 101 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket 98-141, Memorandum
Opinion and Order, FCC 99-279, Appendix C (rel. Oct. 8, 1999)
(``SBC/Ameritech Merger Order''); see also 47 C.F.R. § 1.4.